Historical Geology 203, Spring 2008 (last updated 6/2/08)

Time: M 11:30 to 12:20; Wed 11:30 to 1:20

(Link for 131 Laboratory Schedule)

Instructor: Cassandra Strickland, cstrickland@columbiabasin.edu

Photo (left): John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon (NPS photo). Photo (below): Mososaur skeleton (photo courtesy of Mike Everhart, Oceans of Kansas)

Prerequisites: Geology 101 or instructor permission

Concurrent Enrollment: Geology 2031 Historical Geology Laboratory

Lecture Textbook: Evolution of the Earth, by D. Prothero and R. Dott, Jr.

Course Description: Geology is the study of the solid portion of the Earth. It is divided into two broad categories, physical geology and historical geology. Historical geology is a dynamic study of the origin of the Earth. This includes Earth’s continents, atmosphere, oceans and life. Scientists studying historical geology try to understand how the planet has changed in the past 4.5 billion years. In this course, you will learn how fundamental geologic principles (like plate tectonic movement and geologic time) and organic evolution (fossils) are connected to one another in a complex system.

For Field Trip information, click here!!!

Spring Quarter 2008 Sample Lecture Schedule: (THIS SCHEDULE IS TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Week of		Tentative Topic Schedule	Chapter
MARCH	31^st	syllabus Time & Changing Earth	1
APRIL	7^th	Evolution of Geologic Science Intro to Fossils & Evolution Quiz 1- Monday	2, 3
	14^th	Intro to fossils continued… Geologic Time Scale & Concepts of Stratigraphy Dating the Earth, Relative dating Test Monday 1 hour	3, 4
	21^st	Dating the Earth, Absolute dating Origin of the Earth Quiz 2- Monday	5, 6
	28^th	Origin and Movement of Continents Test Monday 1 hour	7
MAY	5^th	Cryptozoic History of the Earth First Life on Earth Quiz 3- Monday	8, 9
	12^th	Early Paleozoic Cambrian, Ordovician Quiz 4- Monday	10, 11
	19^th	Mid Paleozoic Test 3- Monday, 1 hour	12
	26^th	Late Paleozoic,	13
JUNE	2^nd	Late Paleozoic, Mesozoic	13, 14
	9^th	Test 4- Thursday, June 5^th, 11:30. Study Sheet click here

EXTRA CREDIT: none

LEARNING LINKS:

Evolution vs. Creationism: reading sources (some online) by National Academy of Sciences

Evolution Everything

Big Bang Theory, NASA

Discovery of Dinosaurs in North America

Fossil collecting in Washington

John Day Fossil Beds, OR

Oceans of Kansas

QUIZZES- held weekly every Monday, first 5 minutes of class. You don’t show up; you don’t get to take the quiz. Lowest quiz score dropped. No quizzes on test weeks. They cover the material from the previous week.

Tests: 4 @ 75 pts, multiple choice this quarter only.

FIELD TRIPS: See link above or lab syllabus! John Day Fossil Beds

Sources: The material contained on this website has either been created by myself or borrowed from a variety of educational, governmental and private sources. For material not originally my own, thank you for allowing me to use this material. Earth science instructors, please feel free to use any of my original material for educational purposes.

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